Day Four....and Thanks!

Today, I am doing so much better. A little pain and a little tired, but mostly stir crazzzzzzzzy! Someone sent me the movie "Flushed Away" and after watching it 3 times, I then watched it in Spanish, that is pretty loco!!!! I hate this soft diet thing, but it is better than last week, at least it is getting to my stomach!

I just wanted to say Thanks to everyone who helped me. Especially to Dr. St. Peter for doing my surgery so good. I hope he keeps fixing lots and lots of kids that need help to get better.

Thanks to all my friends and family and church for visiting my blog, for sending me messages and cards and stuff and thank you for praying for me and thank you God, for listening. Thanks to Missy and Meegan for visiting me in the hospital.

Thanks to Miss Mathis and my class for helping me through everything. Thank you Mrs. Bishop and Mrs. Parrish, too. I can't wait to come back to school and see you all, hopefully very soon!

One more thing, I met a friend name Jessie, who is 12 and started having Achalasia about the same time as me. Today was her surgery at Children's Hospital in Seattle. I pray God takes care of her, too.

Signing Off My Achalasia Surgery Blog..... Love, Sam

Day Three...And The Three Amigos

We made it home from the hospital last night!!! It was a long 4 hour trip, but I did great and slept most of the way. I was so excited to be home and slept all night. Even through the tornado sirens that kept going off! This morning I had a big bowl of chocolate pudding and whip cream. I feel ready for cheese pizza and hamburger and fries and spaghetti, but the doctor said I have to stick to soft foods for awhile. My stomach is pretty sore, but I hate the taste of my pain medicine, so I'd rather tough it out, then take that.

I wasn't the only one that was glad to be home from the hospital. Dad hurt his foot playing basketball this past weekend. He is on the couch next to me watching movies all day, trying to make it better.

Buckaroo, my beagle, also got to come home from the hospital this morning. On Monday, we were getting ready to go to Kansas City and Buckaroo got loose out of the gate and he got hit by a van. Amazingly, he only needed stitches, it didn't break anything! Dr. Bacon, our vet was so nice to keep him at his hospital for us while we were gone. But he has to wear a lampshade like thing, so he won't bite at his stitches. Dr. Bacon said he has never seen a dog chew through the hoods, but Buckaroo chew through three of them while he was there, that is why you see the duct tape! We were not surprised, we should have named him Houdini! I am so glad to be home with Buckaroo!